By Terry Davis Image by 80’s Child Monday, March 3, 2036 “Tom Preston?” The electronic voice coming from the car’s external speaker pierces through the early morning fog. Tom closes the door of his house behind him and… Continue Reading
By Jessica Brook Johnson Image by MONOPOLY919 “Wow, you’re so brave,” is what people used to say in the early twenty first century when someone got cancer. Imagine what they’d say to someone who got it on purpose. … Continue Reading
By Cynthia Praski Image by DomCritelli It had rained in the morning, but the weather was beautiful now, with a tangerine sky and a few scattered, gray clouds. A gentle breeze wafted the lovely scent of aromatic nitrogen… Continue Reading
By S.F. Warkentien Image by alphaspirit.it “We’re waiting for the announcement,” said the man facing the glowing red screen. The room was the color of a dying star, and it was located in its building like a sun… Continue Reading
By Emily Inkpen Image by StockSnap The silence before a storm is the deepest silence there is. A hot silence, full of electricity. Esha-Min stood patiently in the near-pitch darkness of a narrow tunnel, waiting. This passage joined… Continue Reading
by Joseph Hirsch Image by Ev. Safronov There were probably more than two types of people, but one had to keep it simple sometimes if they wanted the world to make sense. For Katie the world was divided… Continue Reading
By David Wesley Hill Image by Virrage Images When I woke up that morning, I wasn’t there. Although I didn’t know it at the time, and didn’t find out until later, I wasn’t anywhere. I’m always groggy at… Continue Reading
By Mark Everglade and Joseph Hurtgen Image by GrandeDuc A croc exhaled at a nearby table, streaming a rainbow mist worthy of a Lucky Charms cereal box. A feathered woman sat next to me close enough to scrape… Continue Reading
By Steven Lombardi Image by ConceptCafe Louis’s hearing returned in waves. As his ears sharpened, the chamber’s alarms intensified until his skull thrummed. His eyes snapped open and saw nothing. He searched desperately for the light above his… Continue Reading
By Malena Salazar Maciá Translated by Toshiya Kamei Image by GrandeDuc “Aren’t we going down?” Micaela asked. “No,” Vero answered, unfazed. “It’s an abandoned planet. Our protocol requires us to send the probes to—” “—check temperature, oxygen levels,… Continue Reading